Hope - Tim Holtz Sizzix Chapter 1 2019 - Retro Repeat

It's never a bad thing to start the week off with a little HOPE. So in that light I present to you my HOPE card featuring dies and inks from Tim Holtz Sizzix Chapter 1 2019.

This card features one of the Retro Repeat dies. These dies are kind of along the lines of the Shifter Stencils from Stampers Anonymous but they are in Sizzix die form. You run the die through with one pass and then line it up and run it through again and again to make a pattern.
On this card I ran this pattern through once on the top for a border and then three times on the bottom for the repeat pattern.

On the cover art you can see the pattern on the die that you get if you cut it just once. I did that on several cards because I just wanted one little bit of the die, but on this card it was nice to repeat the pattern and break up the color on the top piece of the card.

For the focal point I added one of the Wildflower Stems 2 that I cut from Distress Mixed Media Heavystock, then watercolored. When it was dry I rubbed some of the Distress Resist Spray on the petals with my finger, and dusted them with Clear Distress Rock Candy Glitter from the Glitter Duster.

The sentiment was cut from Black Chipboard using the Bigz Letterboard alpha released in late 2018. I sprayed it with Distress Resist Spray and then dusted them with Distress Rock Candy Glitter as well.

The green/yellow background peeking through the Retro Repeat pattern is just Distress Mixed Media Heavystock colored with Crushed Olive Distress Ink and Distress Oxide.

The top layer was a piece of Alcohol Ink Cardstock, which is glossy, but very pourous. It was colored with Dusty Concord, Crushed Olive and a tiny bit of Brushed Corduroy Distress Oxides applied to the Alcohol Ink cardstock with the Wrinkle-Free Distress Method (apply the oxides to the non-stick mat, spritz with water, lay the cardstock in the Oxide, dry, tap it into the remaining beads of Oxides, dry, tap again, until you like the coverage. Then return the vibrant color of the Oxides with a layer of Microglaze and buff it with a dry cloth. Tim has done this method in several videos.)

Then I cut it with the Retro Repeat and attached it to the Crushed Olive background using Distress Collage Medium.  When it was dry I rubbed some Black Soot and Vintage Photo Distress Crayons into it and wiped away the excess with a damp cloth leaving bits in the recessed portions of the repeat pattern.

I know this wasn't a tutorial, but I hope by explanations were clear enough. Feel free to message me if you need something clarified. As always I hope you found something of interest or something that inspires you to experiment with your supplies.
Tami

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